Wednesday, January 19, 2011

I've been seeing a lot of lists online these days...."10 things about me"; "10 things that make me Happy", etc.....so, to play along.....here's my list of 10 things about me that make me happy...1. I am a country girl at heart 2. I have the greatest man in the world as my best friend, lover & rock!3. My children and family are the glue that hold me together4. I am an artist!5. I love pie. any kind. any time. 6. I love Mother Earth and find God there in all aspects of Nature. 7. Time with the girls is a necessity for me...their love and acceptancenourish my soul. 8. Music gives me wings 9. I am healthy and learning to love my body. as is. 10. I am liberal in my thinking and feel our differences should be celebrated as much as our commonalities. How 'bout you?

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Every morning when I get to work and sign into my computer, I take a quick tour aroundthe blogosphere to see what my favorites areup to.

Dear Graciel wrote about her plans for the newyear with her dollhouse project...I decided Iwanted to be a part and play along....however,I don't have a dollhouse, don't have room for oneand didn't want to go get one....I was wonderingwhat I might be able to use as a virtual dollhousein order to participate.

Isn't it odd how our dreams can provide theanswers? I woke up from a dead sleep in the middleof the night knowing this house renovation projectmy husband & I are doing would work perfectlyfor my plans....

In an older post, I mentioned the fact that we areworking on my Father's childhood home for ourfuture retirement home. It's been quite an eyeopener in many ways....the time involved, the"out of the box" thinking of ways to work aroundcertain obstacles (it's not that easy to re-wirea solid concrete house).

We are both so ready to leave the city life andmove to the country...I've seen already in thisproject I will learn a lot of patience...something Ihave a hard time with.

I've already come to realize that I have to acceptthe fact that not everything will go smoothly oras quickly as I would like or even that I will getto do eveything I want with this house remodel.That sometimes I will have to accept theseimperfections.

But in the end, we'll have a wonderful little house inthe country...and all the hard work, tears and cursingwill be worth it!